Garment rack



July 3, 1923. 1,460,685

D. J. SEAMAN GARMENT RACK Filed Oct. 5, 1921 v 1 INVENTOR 4 TTORNEY Patented July 3, 1923.

DAVID J. SEAMAN, or sAeINAw, MICHIGALL? I GARMENT BACK.

Application filed Octo er 5, 1921. germ-no. 505,608.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, DAVID J. SEAMAN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Saginaw, in the county of Saginaw and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garment Racks,

of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. This invention relates to garment racks.

for display. purposes. In such racks, wherein a collection of garments .on' individual hangers are suspended from a common horizontal bar-along which the hangers are slidable, the garments necessarily become bunched as the result of showing, and it requires some time and care, which those in charge are frequently too busy or reluctant to devote, to re-distribute them in the manner which is' highly desirable both for the appearance ofthe "store or show-room and for the preservation of the freshness of the garments. The invention has, therefore, for

its object to accomplish, automatically, the

distribution of garments upon these racks,

and it is based upon the discovery that this can be done by simply rotating the rod with some rapidity. As a further usefulreand sult of this modeof distribution, the vibra 1 tion or agitation tendsto free the clothing v of dust. I I y In the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof:

Fig, 1 1s an illustrative side elevation;

Fig. 2 is'a corresponding endelevation'.

The horizontal hanger-bani, is shown mounted in suitable distantsupports2. A

number of ordinary garment hangers 3 are shown suspended from the bar by their hooks 4. I

The bar, instead of being fixed, is journaled at'its ends to rotate about its longitu dinal axis in bearings 5 in the supports, being suitably held against endwise movement therein; and means are provided-for effecting rotation of the bar. This maybe done manually, as by a crank-handle 6, or

machine power may be made use of, as is indicated by. a pulley 7, which can be connected to an electric motor or other c0ntrollable driving means.

i about its axis.

tion,-,a-nd have beenleft in a disordered condition, it requires but a few quick turns of the bar to separate them where they are After the garment-hangers with their garments have been moved back and forth on.- the rack in the course of making a selec-.

too close. together and to distributelthem with approximate evenness, the action be ing due to the effect of the bar turning in the hoolrs ofthe hangers. The result will 1 depend in some measure upon the number" of hangers andgarments to the length of the rack, and in'any'eventth'e undesirable bunching will be relieved, and the movement and vibration' will shake "out folds and wrinkles and displace asubstantial amount of dust. v

What I claim as new is:

1. In a garment-rack, a hanger-bar adapted to be rapidly rotated about lone,

gitudinal axis.

2. A garment-rack comprising supports,

a hanger-bar journaled to rotate therein, and means for rapidly *3. In a garment-rack, the combination o frotating the bar.

a hanger-bar rotatable about its longitudinal axis, a plurality of garment-hangers slidable thereon, and means for rapidly rotating thebar p 4. Theumethod of spacing and shaping garments suspended by hangers from a. :common bar, which comprises rapidlyirotating the bar about its axis.

5. A garment display apparatus compris ing, a single shaft revoluble about itslongitudlnal axis, a garment hanger through which said shaft is extended in freely rev;

,oluble relation thereto, means for supporting'said shaft, and means for rapidly revolving said shaft.

, 6. A garment display apparatus comprising a single shaft revoluble about its longi-- tudinal axis, a garment hanger mounted to ingsaid shaft, and means for rapidly revolving said shaft. I i

"Davina; SEAMAN.

v travel longitudinally thereon and through which said shaft is extended in'freely rev: oluble relation thereto,.means for support 

